Arizona lawsuit challenges college board-member law

Fri, Dec 27, 2013

Some Arizona Democratic political leaders have filed a lawsuit challenging a law that will expand the Maricopa County community-college board.But the point they hope to make with their court fight is more sweeping: Arizona will continue to discriminate against minority voters unless the federal government steps in to regulate the

Arizona Turns the Tide: Voters Demand the Recall of Russell Pearce

Thu, Jun 2, 2011

In a celebratory display of unprecedented organization, a bipartisan group of activists poured into the Arizona secretary of state's office yesterday with more than 18,300 signatures to demand the recall of State Senate president Russell Pearce. You can follow this group on facebook.

Arizona helped deport thousands without new law

Wed, Jul 28, 2010

East Valley TribuneSuzanne Gamboa Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Without the benefit of their state's strict new immigration law, officers from a single Arizona county helped deport more than 26,000 immigrants from the U.S. through a federal-local partnership program that has been roundly criticized as fraught with problems.Statistics obtained by

Romley reveals immigration plan

Sat, May 22, 2010

Arizona Republicby Michael KieferInterim Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley will no longer charge illegal immigrants as co-conspirators to human smuggling, and his immigration plan does not include raiding businesses to make cases under Arizona's employer-sanctions law, he disclosed today.Instead, as Romley has hinted for weeks, he intends to focus on

Immigration law enforcement funds to be cut

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

Arizona RepublicBy Craig Harris Two Arizona legislators say money earmarked for enforcement of the state's 2-year-old employer-sanctions law will be drastically cut for fiscal 2010.As budget discussions resume at the Capitol, Senate Appropriations Chairman Russell Pearce and House Appropriations Chairman John Kavanagh said Wednesday that Maricopa County's amount will be

Advocate strikes back on Arpaio crime sweeps

Sun, Jan 3, 2010

Arizona Republicby Daniel González Every time word spreads that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is conducting one of his controversial crime sweeps, Lydia Guzman drives to the scene to see for herself.The rumors often turn out to be false. But when they are true, Guzman, an advocate for immigrant and

Maricopa County's mental-health system failing

Sun, Aug 30, 2009

Arizona RepublicBy Casey Newton Dennis Winters sits in his apartment clutching a teddy bear, something a psychiatrist gave him years ago to make him feel less lonely.Decades of punishing mental illness have often left Winters feeling lonely. Most days he watches television into the night and scribbles his thoughts into

Pinal sheriff: County won't do crime sweeps

Fri, Jul 31, 2009

Arizona RepublicBy Lindsey CollumDon't look for crime-suppression sweeps in Pinal County anytime soon.Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said his deputies' participation in one of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's controversial operations is not a prelude of things to come.Babeu lent Arpaio all 10 of his federally trained deputies and detention